Things I would add to this; - Use play dough or modelling clay to plug up any holes and crevices on the action where the bedding compound could seep. - Use sand paper to rough up the areas that the bedding compound is adhering to. Boyds stocks are sealed inside and out. The bedding compound will stick to a smooth surface but a roughed up one gives better hold. - Don't use acraglass, use Devcon.

@Auryx851

11 ай бұрын

Why not acraglass? Did you have a bad experience using it or what?

Thank you for this video. Made this process a lot more simple. Did all these steps on 2 of my guns and they turned out great!

I have a number of rifles with a Boyd's stock....either from the factory but most were replacement stocks ridding myself of several tupperware stocks.I have checked all of these stocks...thumb hole feather weight and Varmint bull barrel on one and I cannot see or find a single place where the barrels contact the stock...no one. Plenty of clearance. All of these rifles were Savage rifles or Stevens 200. One I shot before and after the install of a Boyd's thumb hole featherweight stock and accuracy did improve substantially. After glass bedding this stock using Devcon steel epoxy (And I use Devcon exclusively) and replacing the factory recoil lug to a precision ground recoil lug...the accuracy tightened up even further. As for the accuracy on all of the other Savage/Stevens rifles before the Boyd's stock install...well....the install of the stocks was immediate out of the box...so I cannot speak of the accuracy improvements using Boyd's laminate stock replacement sine this was done on the rifle right out of the box. I cannot understand why someone would spend mega thousands for a custom rig when I have under $500.00 per rifle including a Boyd's laminate stock....not counting optics and high quality mounts and rings which cost me $300.00 per rifle just for the mouonts and rings...and on optics you cannot cheap out. You may not need a $1,000.00 scope but you need to use a high quality scope and install the scope as stress free as you can get it. Note...I did not pillar bed a single one of these rifles since the laminate stocks from Boyd's are a hard material. Accuracy on every single Savage rifle with a Boyd's stock is remarkably respectable....to say the least. If you feel pillar bedding is necessary....by all means confidence in your rig does help in the mental game of shooting...surely this will not harm accuracy and may help. But I cannot complain on my results. I would however strip down the action of trigger/etc and plug anywhere the epoxy can and will get into using plumbers putty...cheap and works well and coat the action with Kiwi show polish or Johnson's paste floor wax. But whatever works...you just want a tight tight fit and using the release agent in the Accuglass kit is really too thick even after drying. I have other rifles to build up...and the Boyd's Pro Varmint stock textured black is the stock I will be using as was the case on another build..balance is nice and accuracy is superb...nice looking too!!

@ProfessionalArmourer

9 жыл бұрын

I agree with your summation one hundred percent. For a while Brownells sold a spray paraffin product, don't recall the name, acra ease or something similar, but I've made my own since they no longer carry it, by shaving paraffin wax into a glass jar and covering it with naphtha, close the jar and set it in direct sunlight, over several days the wax will start to dissolve into the oily solvent ( same stuff as zippo lighter fluid) eventually reaching saturation point. if you have one of those coffee cup warmers you can use that, as long as you keep a close eye on things,,, regularly opening the jar so pressure equalizes, and agitating it. When the fluid reaches saturation and no more wax will dissolve remove MOST of the exess, if all dissolved add more and continue until no more dissolves. when you are done, you will have a liquid wax base that will leave a coating of wax on everything you paint it on, and it will penetrate all nooks and crannies, it will dry and not leave puddles in your epoxy. Before coating everything I fill the gaps with kids modeling clay, reusable and cheap and epoxy doesn't stick incase you rub off whatever you use for a release agent since it never dries out... that's the only difference between our techniques. I've used yours, just prefer this one since I'm use to it. I Also have my personal custom made stocks on some of my rifles and shotguns, Boyd's on others, factory on the rest. My latest is an AR-15 in 7.62x39 with Lucid wood, (Boyd's premium line) built for Wisconsin deer hunting. essentially a 200-250 yd max rifle a bit more powerful than a 30-30 with the handloads I've worked up. I enjoy using Boyd's stocks due to the finish and fit, minimal messing around and good looks. cant ask for much more than that. And considering that I have the skills and ability to build what I want from scratch, why should I when Boyd's already has it, and for less than the wood alone would cost...

I just got an At one for my Tikka t3x. I'll probably not do this until I see how well the stock comes. You should mention that doing this voids warranty, I'm sure it does.

Why can’t I not see any bedding compound at the rear tang of the receiver? I saw you put it on each side, but it isn’t visible at the end of the video.

@chaddfry5345

10 күн бұрын

The stock may have been a tighter fit in this area, so the bedding compound might be paper thin.

I have a new remington 700 sps tactical arriving and it already has aluminum pillars... is it necessary to glass bed anyways? with that i greatly appreciate your approach to glass bedding! It is way easier than the majority of the instructional videos on here!!! very helpful and I hope you can respond! Shoot straight and thank you!!

@boydsgunstocks

4 ай бұрын

Glad this video helps explain the process easily! Glass bedding can be added in addition to pillar bedding, both help improve the accuracy of your rifle, especially for long range shooting. With that, glass bedding is personal preference and only required on one Boyds gunstock model, for the Ruger American series. We actually send bedding compound with the new stocks. Otherwise on any other models, it's up to the shooter if they prefer glass bedding.

How do you avoid not getting the screws full of epoxy?

@boydsgunstocks

Жыл бұрын

You will need to coat the holes, screws, and everything that you do not want to have bedding compound adhere to with a release agent that is included with most bedding packets. If you do not feel comfortable doing this process effectively we suggest seeking out a professional gunsmith that is skilled in glass bedding.

Best glass bed soundtrack music ever

I’ve seen people support the barrel with tape or clay near the forend when bedding. I am worried about adding any unnecessary torque. Why did you choose not to free float first or temporarily support the barrel in place while bedding here? Boyds Provarmint Thanks!

@boydsgunstocks

4 ай бұрын

Most gunstocks models we offer now are designed to have a free-floated barrel channel. Unless your barrel is larger than the what's listed tech specs, you would then need to free float for any addition clearance. The stock in this video was already free-floated, and the 2nd video referenced around 4:25-4:30 discusses if you need to provide clearance beyond what we normally mill for our channels.

Does this have to be done to the stock when you get it, or can I just bolt the action into the stock and shoot?

@boydsgunstocks

Жыл бұрын

There's only one model that required glass bedding, the Ruger American series. Due to the steel lugs, the recoil is very hard on the wood. We send bedding compound in the box with Ruger American stocks. Any other model it's entirely personal preference.

@iamcondescending

10 ай бұрын

​@boydsgunstocks I got the aluminum pillar bedding for the Ruger American. Do I still need to glass bed the stock?

I have bought 1 Boyds stock, finish was okay, fit was horrible. I have had to modify the stock myself just to get the action to fit and the saftey to work. Won't say I will never buy them again, but it is not looking good.

@boydsgunstocks

2 жыл бұрын

Lloyd, We apologize for the inconvenience with the fitment. We have a 90-day warranty on all our stocks where you can contact us to return or have it replaced. However, once a stock is modified the warranty is void. If it was just minor sanding, we can work with you.

what release agent are you using, can you name suggest any ?

@boydsgunstocks

Жыл бұрын

The brand used in this video is Liquid Wrench L212.

@enigmasunshine4554

Жыл бұрын

@@boydsgunstocks , THANKS

What did you use as release agent

@boydsgunstocks

Ай бұрын

Liquid Wrench L212

You hid the release agent. What is it ?

@boydsgunstocks

Жыл бұрын

Liquid Wrench Lubricating Oil.

I own boyds stocks, and they are well made. I just wish they were contoured better. They aren't very attractive.

Shame you guys don't sell L/H stocks outside the USA. 😞

@boydsgunstocks

2 жыл бұрын

We are normally able to ship left hand stocks internationally, but currently out website is going through an update and international orders have been temporarily suspended. If you're able to call, we can place your order manually. 1-605-996-5011 Monday-Friday 8a-5p Central Standard Time.

@sudo_nym

2 жыл бұрын

@@boydsgunstocks Hey, thanks. I tried a few years ago to get a stock for my Howa 1500 in 223 (LH stock but RH cut out) and you couldn’t ship internationally because of state laws.

@boydsgunstocks

2 жыл бұрын

@@sudo_nym Once we resume international shipping we can certain help out with a left hand stock with right hand action/bolt cut.

@sudo_nym

2 жыл бұрын

@@boydsgunstocks Thank you sir!

Not a great video. Mr Boyd glassed over the recoil lug, but did not mention about how he got the lug hole machined in! Also, he mentioned about glassing the back of the action, but at the end I could not see any glass there! I also thought he would have talked about the "pillar bedding" you can get on some of his stocks. Plus in all the KZread videos I have watched, the pillar bedding has been too short in length to do the job. It looks like most of their business is based on their good prices. I have written twice to this company, but did not get a reply, what a pity.

@boydsgunstocks

Жыл бұрын

Hello Richard, We do have another, more recent glass bedding video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/i3-Xs9OrYNjLl7w.html The reason Randy did not mention pillar bedding in this video is because we only added this option in the last 2 years. This video you're commenting on is from 7 years ago.

@richardt.4224

Жыл бұрын

@@boydsgunstocks Thank you for taking the time to reply. The link you gave me is one I had seen before, but at the end it said it could not be finished due to Covid. Anyway, I have tried to find the Part 2. Unfortunately I could not find it, could you send me the link please? Sorry, but I have another question. I have two Tikka rifles. a T3X in 243win and a T1X in 22Lr. So, will your stock for the T1X fit onto my T3X action? I have been told it should, but please confirm that please.

@boydsgunstocks

Жыл бұрын

@@richardt.4224 Here's part 2 of that episode: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dpeXr7Kzj9uqmtY.html No the T1x is not for the T3x but luckily the original T3 model is compatible with the T3x variation. You'll need to order the T1x and the T3 in factory or bull barrel channel, two separate stocks.

There is no video on how to free float your barrel after you glass bed it, or I haven't found it yet on your channel.

@tylitke3691

11 ай бұрын

Because you float your barrel first by taking a dremal or sandpaper and giving your barrel enough clearance for a $20 bill then glass bed when your done the barrel will never contact the stock

@therowdyrue7768

6 ай бұрын

@@tylitke3691does it have to be a $20 bill or will a $10 bill suffice?

I'll add one more thing; anyone who has ever met m, or has done business 95% return, have some who have been with me as long as I can remember. Always willing to help, and try to steer them in the right direction, I guess its those 15%, and they do it to any professional. But just like a situation at our local range, where a DYI though he could twist a barrel, and cylinder from Colt Clone on a vintage 1873 Colt Frontier Cir 1880 in 44 WCF, and that should be enough to use high pressure loads used in the Blackhawk or TC...should I send the picture of the backstrap, and top strap embedded in a piece of 3/4 plywood above his shooting position. I like Boyd's products have used them for lot of customer rifles, I like Midway also; but I really have an issue with Potterfield, or Randy describing in a 5 minuet video, or it's easy, this is all you have to do. Some can handle the info, and investigate more and go from there; but most in this age of the non-mechanical man; couldn't find a cross in a Catholic Church.

@BusterBibb

9 жыл бұрын

I will cop to the fact that my first bedding job was..shall I say...substandard...but I had no one to coach me...no one to guide me through that first blunder into the world of glass bedding. But all of us had to start somewhere. Surprisingly...I still have that flat top Savage 30-06 and I have taken a fair amount of deer/antelope and elk with that ugly smoke stick. I take it out now and again and it still shoots just a little under 3/4 MOA so even with the mistake...the accuracy went from stupidly all over the place to the 3/4 MOA. I am tempted every once in awhile to place that action into a Boyd's stock...but common sense tells me to leave well enough alone. Point is...I read...had patience and used common sense. My 2nd attempted turned out close to excellent and from there...my bedding jobs have been first rate but again...we all started somewhere. I know that there are...well...those that should never work on their firearms.I question some that should even handle a firearm let alone work on a gun. One reason I do not like heading to a public shooting range and generally speaking... I don't. I have my own place to shoot or head for BLM land. I feel that the ability to buy firearms that are user upgradeable has been a tremendous benefit for the gun industry. Hell...with just a few tools and a good bench and bench vise...building a quality AR 15 has become SOP. Switch barrel setups has taken competition shooting to levels never imagined 20+ years ago. Not having to conventionally head space a barrel to action and wait months or maybe over a year can be done in 30 minutes from start to finish on a bad day! Trigger jobs are a simple switch out to a Timney (Most of the time) or a Basix for a Savage...drop in triggers for a AR 15. The firearms parts industry both maintenance and after market is off the scale of volume. Maybe the days of a smith are numbered. Certainly modern firearms design has taken the industry down this path. You can probably thank much of this revolution in large part to Gaston Glock and Eugene Stoner lest we forget Nicholas Brewer and not surprisingly...John Browning. Brewer using the barrel nut system design of Browning and we have the Savage rifle constructed by pre-made parts. So to speak And a rifle that can be extremely accurate to boot! But knowledge needs to be past on...and maybe just the knowledge of common sense and confidence in working on your own firearms is what is needed most. I've had peoples jaws drop when I show them how simple building an AR 15 really is and the little time it takes to build one of the Black Rifles. O.K...there are rules to follow and there can be more complications that expected...but good reference books/material is generally all that is needed and actually read these books. Novel concept no? All things change...most times change is welcomed and a good thing. I think for the time being....smiths will be needed for the simple fact that people are generally lazy to some extent. But then there are those that cannot change a light bulb....some of these will not even clean their firearm/s. This we know.

@ProfessionalArmourer

9 жыл бұрын

I remember one nightmare the day before closing shop for deer hunting a regular wanted a classic savage 1899 in 300 savage drilled and tapped for a scope. all wet well until the last hole, right over the camblock for the bolt. work hardened from being fired, casehardened on all surfaces it wouldn't drill worth a damn and ate five carbide bits, we turned a plug that fit the hole and put a quarter sized plug about 3 inches tall on top of the hole and inserted it, and took a cutting torch to it (the plug) and took it to yellow and held it there for 15 minutes. didn't even put a dent in the hardness of the receiver steel chewed up four taps cutting three 6-48 threads in the hole... the guy was willing to pay the standard fee of 5 bucks per hole... we lost more than that on the taps and drills.

@ProfessionalArmourer

9 жыл бұрын

Curtis Bibb the death of the gunsmith is primarily due to the CNC equipment that was brought about due to the PC. The custom work is mostly a thing of the past due to it. Stocks were never this easy to replace, few parts were this precise and could be mass produced so cheaply and not require fitting

@m.e.mccordmike9307

9 жыл бұрын

Scott Schoemann I don't even have a DRO on my lathe or mill, taught how to use a dial by my mentor who built 1903's and M1-Garands, although the yes are getting weak, and I may have to resort I agree with your statement 100%! A good Mic, a good Dial Comp, gauges, and a steady hand; oh for the want of a steady hand these days...:(

@m.e.mccordmike9307

9 жыл бұрын

Scott Schoemann I need to show this to me CFO/wife, she thinks I'm the only one who has ever suffered that fate. Thank you, I too have so many stories, like I said earlier I actually have a couple of box's with tools, and parts, cartridge cases and other stuff, that either went south or I manged to really mess up; they remind me to pay attention, and be re-mindful that the best laid plans of men and mice can aught go astray.

Or should I say....Acraglas....maybe a couple of you "Old School" Smiths can edicate me on proper spelling/pronouncement of words. Odd however....my glass bedding jobs looks just like in quality as the many I had done years ago by "Gunsmiths".....and I did these bedding jobs in oh I dunno...a couple of hours and let sit overnight then cleanup the next day...about an hour including reassembly....I'm figuring in the cost of Devcon only and not the recoil lugs...so I have oh let's see here....about $5.00 per bedding. I dunno...last bedding job I paid for cost me $150.00 and wasn't that great...you do the math. I done with this one....unreal.

Not the smartest moves on Boyd's part?....?...!!!!! There were a few things that I questioned on this bed job.....no relief in front/side and bottom of recoil lug..trigger not removed....cervices not plug.....area were receiver sits nor sanded...the use of Accuglass period....but not a smart move for gun owners to do their own work on their rifles?! Boyd's rules the market...if you feel compelled...start your own company and move into the market place with stocks...I smell resentment. Face it gents....people want to work on their own projects...advancement of knowledge is a good thing...as in good?! There has been in the past much evidence of arrogance on the part of gunsmith or those posing as a smith...many should not have been a smith...none the less...at times we as owner grew weary of smiths doing work for others because of friendship or whatever...and other peoples work went untouched for months at times. So anyone can build a rifle tht will outperform a Gunwerk's Special or a Defensive Edge as examples...without costing mega thousands...and the shooting industry has advanced massively because of people like myself that can do superb work and in a short order situation....nice why of be critical against hard working people fellers!! Thanks Boyd's Stocks for producing a quality product that with just a little work and elbow grease....consumers can save thousands and shoot better than many using custom rigs...and these guys can't stand it!! Astonishing.

@williamczupryn2642

2 жыл бұрын

You say Boyd’s rule the market. Which market are you referencing? Top of the line is Minnelli. I’m lucky enough to own one. Boyd’s doesn’t come close in fit, finish, quality, materials, checkering, or accuracy. They do beat Minelli in price though. Perhaps that’s what you meant.